Moscow student kills teacher, policeman at school before surrendering

MOSCOW, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A Moscow high school student who held students hostage and fatally shot a teacher and policeman Monday apparently had a nervous breakdown, an official said.

A second police officer was wounded in the gunfire.

A detective and a psychologist were questioning the student, who surrendered to police after his father arrived at the school in north Moscow and convinced him to lay down his arms, ITAR-Tass reported.

"He was detained. A measure of restraint will be determined for him," Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said. "Several tests, including a psychological and psychiatric one will be conducted on him."

The student shot and killed a geography teacher, then fired at police as they arrived, killing one officer and wounding another, an Investigative Committee official said.

Investigators said the teenager fired at least 11 shots from a rifle. He was carrying two rifles that belonged to his father, they said.

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